Youth utilizing Angus genetics can apply for the Commercial Cattlemen Scholarship now through May 1. The program helps support students in advancing their education and careers. (Courtesy photo.)

Livestock Calendar April 25 2025

For beef producers who want their herd to be successful during the breeding season that means an annual breeding soundness exam, which includes a semen check and overall health assessment by a veterinarian (K-State Research and Extension)

Bull evaluations pre-breeding

  • By Lisa Moser │ K-State Research and Extension news service
(Courtesy photo.)

Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon recognized

Yellow chicks in a basket. (Adobe Stock │ #348909774 - chayakorn)

Cooperative Extension Service offering series of poultry safety online seminars

  • By Ryan McGeeney │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
Rooster and chickens on a free range poultry farm. (Adobe Stock │ #298687461 - monticellllo)

The gentle rooster: strategies for managing and reducing aggression

Close-up of a black rooster with a red comb and shiny feathers. (iStock │ #2204508119 - Sviatlana Lazarenka)

Butchering a rooster: A first timer’s experience

Cattle in a pen at Hy-Plains Feedyard LLC, Montezuma. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

High Plains cattle sales report

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock, Salina, was recently purchased by the Winter Livestock family, Dodge City. Pictured are, (at left) head of operations Mason Winter and general manager Mike Samples. (Courtesy photo.)

Winter family purchases Salina’s Farmers and Ranchers